• DocumentCode
    833973
  • Title

    Radiography of Foam Targets in Wire-Array Z -Pinches

  • Author

    Palmer, James B A ; Bott, Simon C. ; Bland, Simon N. ; Ampleford, David J. ; Lebedev, Sergey V. ; Chittenden, Jeremy P. ; Suzuki-Vidal, Franciso

  • Author_Institution
    AWE Aldermaston, Reading
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1272
  • Lastpage
    1273
  • Abstract
    Wire-array Z-pinches with low-density cylindrical foam targets on-axis have been used in inertial-confinement-fusion research on the 20-MA facility Z, but the effect of the targets on array performance is not fully understood. Experiments to investigate how the targets behave prior to array implosion, when they are bombarded by precursor plasma, have been carried out on the 1-MA MAGPIE generator. This paper presents data from X-pinch point-projection radiography, a primary diagnostic in these experiments.
  • Keywords
    Z pinch; explosions; foams; plasma diagnostics; radiography; MAGPIE generator; X-point-projection radiography; X-ray pulse; dynamic hohlraum; implosion; inertial-confinement-fusion research experiments; low-density cylindrical foam; wire-array Z-pinches; Aluminum; DH-HEMTs; Diagnostic radiography; Fusion power generation; Laboratories; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma temperature; Tungsten; Wires; $x$-pinch; $z$-pinch; Dynamic hohlraum; non-imploding wire array; radiography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2008.924418
  • Filename
    4599070
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=833973